Detectives say they have new evidence in Brittany Stykes' shooting death

Information comes as family celebrates what would be Stykes' 24th birthday

Investigators said the new electronic evidence uncovered last week will be very beneficial to the investigation. It came just days before Brittany Stykes' family celebrated what would have been her 24th birthday.

Detectives say they have new evidence in Brittany Stykes' shooting death

Information comes as family celebrates what would be Stykes' 24th birthday

Brown County detectives said they have received new information in the case of a pregnant mother who was shot and killed almost two years ago.

Investigators said the new electronic evidence uncovered last week will be very beneficial to the investigation. It came just days before Brittany Stykes' family celebrated what would have been her 24th birthday.

The Dodson family gathered Monday night where their lives changed forever nearly two years ago. It was on State Route 68, outside of Georgetown, where the pregnant 22-year-old mother was found shot to death in her husband's jeep.

Stykes' mother, Mary Dodson, said a prayer for her daughter, and led friends and family members in a balloon release in celebration of what would be Brittany's 24th birthday.

"Lord, I know she's with you. I know you took her hand on that day. Thank you so much for being there when I couldn't," she said. "I gave my daughter her last birthday present that her daddy and I can give her. We put a headstone on her grave (Monday) morning."

"It does not get easier. People say it gets easier with time. It doesn't," said David Dodson, Brittany's father.

He used to talk to his daughter every morning.

"Instead of talking to Brittany, I call the sheriff's department. That's my first routine of the morning," David Dodson said.

Investigators said a break in the case came last week with new electronic evidence that they feel strongly will take them in the right direction. They said they're hoping now to make some great strides in the near future.

"Last year at her birthday, at her balloon release, they tried to give us a time frame and that time frame's here and gone," Mary Dodson said.

She and her husband still have hope that Stykes’ killer will be found.